Habiba Djahnine : Memory Bearer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petty, Sheila, author.

Series:

Visionaries: the Work of Women Filmmakers Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Algeria.

Motion pictures.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores the work and legacy of feminist documentary filmmaker, Habiba Djahnine.

Contents:

Intro

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: filmmaker, poet, feminist, teacher

1. Out of amnesia: filming the memory-narrative. Letter to My Sister (Lettre à ma soeur, 2006)

2. Becoming citizens. Otherwise Citizens, Associations on the Move (Autrement citoyens, des associations en mouvement, 2009)

3. Environment, sustainable development and cultural heritage. Returns to the Mountain (Retours à la montagne, 2010)

4. 'Rise up, youth': performing activism. Before Crossing the Horizon Line (Avant de franchir la ligne d'horizon, 2011)

5. Women's rights in the new Algeria. Safia, a Woman's Story (Safia, une histoire de femme, 2011)

6. De-orientalising and expanding the cinematic screen. From a Desert (D'un désert, 2019)

Conclusion: towards an inclusive Algeria

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

CC BY-NC

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ISBN:

1-4744-3998-5

OCLC:

1515461351